iPhone carrier features

RCS messaging on iPhone

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Where to turn it on: Settings › Apps › Messages › RCS Messaging.

Carriers

108 carriers offer RCS messaging on the iPhone 16 Pro, and 614 don't. For 58 more we don't have the carrier's settings for the iPhone 16 Pro yet, so they show as unknown.

Carrier	RCS messaging
🇺🇸 United States
A Alltel	Unknown
A AppWire	On
AT&T ATT NR US	On
AT&T ATT US	On
AT&T CC	On
AT&T Cricket ATT aio NR US	On
AT&T Cricket ATT aio US	On
AT&T Defense	Unknown
AT&T Dish MVNO	On
AT&T FirstNet	On
AT&T KORE	Unknown
AT&T MVNO	On
AT&T Puretalk	On
AT&T RedPocket	On
BW Blue Wireless	Unknown
B Bluegrass	Unknown
C Spire CellularSouth LTE US	On
C Spire CellularSouth US	Unknown
Cellcom	Unknown
CellcomWI	On
C Chat	Unknown
Cricket	Unknown
CWW	Unknown
D Defense	Unknown
Dish	On
Dish MVNO	On
FM Family Mobile	On
GCI	On
GigSky	Unknown
G GoldenState	Unknown
IV Illinois Valley	Unknown
Inland	Unknown
Metro by T-Mobile	On
M MobileNation MobileNation LTE US	Unknown
M MobileNation MobileNation US	Unknown
MTA	Unknown
Nemont	Unknown
NexTech NexTech LTE US	On
NexTech NexTech US	Unknown
N nTelos nTelos LTE US	Unknown
N nTelos nTelos US	Unknown
P Pioneer	Unknown
SilverStar	Unknown
Sprint Sprint CSIM LTE US	Unknown
Sprint Sprint LTE US	Unknown
SRT SRT LTE US	Unknown
SRT SRT US	Unknown
Strata Network	On
S Syringa	Unknown
T-Mobile	On
T-Mobile Charter	On
T-Mobile Comcast	On
T-Mobile MVNO	Available
T-Mobile Tracfone Simple	On
T-Mobile UltraMint	On
T-Mobile Vodafone	Unknown
T-Mobile Wholesale	On
Tracfone	Unknown
United Wireless	Unknown
UScellular	On
Verizon	On
Verizon Charter	On
Verizon Comcast	On
Verizon Cox	On
Verizon MVNO	On
Verizon Response	On
Verizon Tracfone	On
Verizon Visible	On

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Questions

Why does RCS messaging depend on my iPhone?

Carriers ship settings for each iPhone model separately. The same carrier can offer a feature on newer iPhones and not on older ones, or the other way round.

Where do these answers come from?

From the carrier settings Apple publishes for each carrier, read for each iPhone model. Some features also need your plan to include them; those show as available.

Other features

• 5G
• 5G Standalone
• Voice over 5G (VoNR)
• VoLTE
• HD Voice+ (EVS)
• Wi-Fi Calling
• Wi-Fi Calling on other devices
• RCS business messaging
• Carrier satellite features
• Visual Voicemail
• eSIM Quick Transfer
• eSIM transfer from Android
• Apple Watch cellular (number sharing)
• Business caller ID
• Carrier spam call warnings